Talk:The Flying Wallendas

Small correction of usage

I made a small correction. I changed "comprised of mostly grandchildren" to "comprising mostly grandchildren." A thing is not "comprised of" its parts; it "comprises" its parts. 140.147.160.78 21:49, 18 December 2006 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

Death of Karl Wallenda

Has me puzzled; online sources are split between Sao Paulo and San Juan as the place of death. The source from CBS News reported the former, but numerous other sources go with the latter. Any clarification would be appreciated both here and at the KW article. JNW (talk) 03:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

It was San Juan. Look below in the article and it mentions the Condado hotel as the site. I've stayed there and can tell from the video that Condado hotel, San Juan is correct. CBS is wrong.

Look at:

http://www.wallenda.com/history.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acm acm (talk • contribs) 21:46, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

The statement that "Rick Wallenda completed the walk a year later" has another Wikipedia article, Karl Wallenda, cited as a source. That article contains the same statement, but there is no other citation given. I am removing the citation and putting a {{fact}} tag on both pages. Skiasaurus (skē’ ə sôr’ əs) 19:26, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Notable family members

I just cleaned out the Notable family members section per the guidelines in Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Lists of people, which states

Inclusion in lists contained within articles should be determined by WP:Source list, in that the entries must have the same importance to the subject as would be required for the entry to be included in the text of the article according to Wikipedia policies and guidelines (including WP:Trivia sections). Furthermore, every entry in any such list requires a reliable source attesting to the fact that the named person is a member of the listed group.

The section had been tagged as needing references and cleaning up for more than a year. -- Donald Albury 11:47, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Once again, listing all those family members violates the guidelines in Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Lists of people. -- Donald Albury 13:06, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

1962 details

I remember reading some things but cannot place them, thus can't modify the article at this time. The "faltering" referred to here might be the pinched nerve suffered by the nephew (apparently Dieter Schepp). He collapsed in "excruciating pain", and was one of 2 people killed in the resulting fall; another was left paralyzed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 15:42, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

Karl's daughter, Jenny (wife of Richard Faughnan, the other performed who died), was on the platform watching the pyramid when it fell. She said Dieter had complained while being trained in the weeks just before the accident that the pole was difficult and heavy to hold. As the performers moved across the wire, Jenny reported seeing Dieter shift the pole to get a better hold, then heard him cry out, “Ich kann nicht mehr halten!” (“I can’t hold it any longer!”) at which point he dropped his pole without which he had no balance and fell. http://www.gendisasters.com/michigan/6346/detroit-mi-circus-performers-tragedy-jan-1962 Songbird1973 (talk) 18:43, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Life magazine had an issue with extensive coverage of the 1962 tragedy. Besides its cover photo, I recall that it had photos of the fall in progress. BMJ-pdx (talk) 14:15, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

First to cross Niagara Falls

Nik Wallenda is not the first person to cross Niagra Falls. James Hardy did it in 1896 according to the LA Times. Looking for references to the 1896 crossing beyond this article http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wallenda-20120616,0,1685629.story. JAVernola (talk) 07:24, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

According to this, there were other successful high wire crossings before a ban was imposed on attempts. The earlier crossings, however, were over a "much calmer section" of the falls (whatever that means) than where Wallenda crossed. -- Donald Albury 15:10, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

According to this the other crossers went over the Gorge not the falls. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.204.193.168 (talk) 20:44, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

It appears there has been no consensus formed on this issue, but I note that on this page, it says "Nik Wallenda became the first aerialist to walk directly over Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012" and on the page for "Tightrope Walking" under the section "Famous Tightrope Artists" it lists "Nik Wallenda, great-grandson of Karl, second person to walk from the USA to Canada over the Horseshoe Falls at the Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012 . . ." GTGeek88 (talk) 17:38, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

rhyme?

"The name in their native German, "Die fliegenden Wallenda", is a rhyme on the title of the Wagner opera, "Der fliegende Holländer" ("The Flying Dutchman").

Please explain how "Wallenda" rhymes with "Holländer". WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 17:23, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

It's not a perfect rhyme, but if you speak it fast in german without overpronouncing the "ä" and the "-der", it surely comes close. The final "-der" can sound close to "-da"; the same with the "ä", which comes close to the "e" in Wallenda. So you get a pronounciation that resembles "Hollenda" (also the short "o" after "ll" comes closer to the short "a" than a long "o" would do, compared to a long "a"). If you don't want it to rhyme, you can of course pronounce it slowly in a way that underlines the differences. But if you pronounce a bit sloppy and want it to rhyme, it surely rhymes (in german, not in english).--80.137.191.177 (talk) 15:52, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Organization infobox

Would the organization infobox be appropriate for this page?

Template:Infobox organization

Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:35, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Official website

Is http://www.wallenda.com/ really the official website? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:35, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Family Tree

The Wallenda family tree is incomplete as Nik has an older sister with whom he is scheduled to perform with before a NASCAR race in Charlotte in October. Her name is Lijana Wallenda-Hernandez. I'd do the edit myself, but I don't know how to format everything. Here is a reference for everything I just said. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/29/4272992/wallendas-brother-and-sister-to.html#.UkHj4ryMYcK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.172.123 (talk) 19:14, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

I can not change the family tree, as I am to stupid, but Willi Wallendas Children are not Steven and Elizabeth "Angel" Pintye, but Rudi Wallenda and Ingeborg Novak-Wallenda, which he had with Maria Edele von Hofmann. Could someone please change this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.252.128.122 (talk) 12:54, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Also incomplete is that Herman Wallenda had a 2nd wife Elizabeth Petrs who had a son Konrad Wallenda born in Germany in 1939 and lives in California. N6uko78 (talk) 04:51, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Jenny Wallenda did not have ANY children with Richard Faughnan. Tino and Delilah are children from Jenny's first marriage to Alberto Zoppé, the famed circus bareback rider. http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jenny-wallenda-20150406-story.html Songbird1973 (talk) 18:55, 5 April 2018 (UTC) Songbird1973 (talk) 19:31, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Tammy Anderson is the daughter of Jenny Wallenda and her third husband, Andy Anderson. Please add Andy to the tree. Tammy has a son Blake Wallenda who performs with Nik. http://chasingtheghost.heraldtribune.com/ Songbird1973 (talk) 19:31, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Delilah Wallenda's husband is Terry Troffer, who is Nik and Lijana's father. As mentioned above, Lijana should be added to the tree also. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Wallenda Songbird1973 (talk) 19:31, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Mario B. and Rick Wallenda are sons of Carla's first husband, Ingino Bogino. Please add Bogino to the tree. Rietta Wallenda is the daughter of Carla's third husband, Paul Jordan. Please add Paul to the tree. http://chasingtheghost.heraldtribune.com/ Songbird1973 (talk) 19:31, 5 April 2018 (UTC)